Improvement in nutmeg-graters



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NUTMEG GRATER.

Patented Dec.26, 1876.

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TNERAPNIC CILNN WTNESSES W4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEn ISAAC FOOTE, OFST. CHARLES, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN NUTMEG-GRATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 185,675, datedDecember 26, 1876; application filed June 3, 1876.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo FooTE, of'St. Charles, in the county of Kaneand State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inNutmeg-Gutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of' the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and igures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of' the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal verticalsection, and Fig. 2 is an end view, of my nutmeg-grater.

The nature of this invention consists in the construction of anutmeg-grater, provided at the top With a hole sufficiently largetoallow the passage of a nutmeg into a nutmegholder Without separatingsaid holder and grater; also, in the novel construction and arrangementof the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates a grating-plate, providedwith a dat grating-surface,a,and side flanges a a', which set npslightly from said grating-surface. Rigidly attached to the rear of saidgratingplate is a trough or channel, A, of ordinary construction, withwhich the perforations in grating-surface a communicate. Its bottom isopen to discharge the grated nutmeg, which passes through saidperforations. The upper extremity of plate A extends above trough A1,and it is provided with a perforation, A2, sufficiently large to allowthe passage of a nutmeg. Said perforation also serves as a means ofhanging up the nutmeg-gratter. B designates a holder, which consists ofa cylindrical casing, B1, and flat plate B2, which slides longitudinallyover the grating-plate A. Cylindrical casing B1 is provided on the outerend with a head, c, which is perforated in the middle to allow themovement of rod d, the inner end of which rod bears a follower, 6preferably constructed of wood, that fills the inside circumference ofsaid cylinder. Between head c and follower e I locate a spring,

f, which operates to force follower e toward the grating-surface, andthereby to bring the nutmeg into position to be grated. Flat plate B2 isprovided with side guide-flanges g g, which embrace flanges a a on theside of grating-plate A, and thereby confine the holder B to said plateAin such manner as to allow onlylongitudinal motion over saidgratingplate.

lt is not necessary to separate holder B from grating-plate A to insertthe nutmeg preparatory to grating.

The holder B may be slid longitudinally upward till the end of thefollower e is opposite hole A2. Follower e is then retracted by pullingon the outer end of rod d, and the nutmeg is passed through hole A2 intothe recess in cylinder Bl, lef't by so retracting said follower. It isthen ready for grating.

I am aware that it is not new to use a grating-plate in connection witha nutmegholder provided with a spring to act upon the follower, and Itherefore lay no broad claim to such invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a nutmeg-grating plate, provided with a holeadapted to allow the passage of a nutmeg, with a cylindrical holderprovided with a spring-acted follower, whereby the nutmeg maybe insertedinto a side holder through said grating-plate without separating theparts of the device, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of grating-plate A, provided with trough A1, flangesa a/, gratingsurface a, and perforation A2, with holder B, consistingof' cylindrical casing B1, flat plate B2, side guide-anges g g, rod d,follower c, and springf, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC FOOTE.

Witnesses:

H. N. WHEELER, E. F. FUENALD.

